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Hello and a happy new year!

I am collecting some subjective assessments of different approaches  
to research in astronomy and space sciences in a very general way.  
For example, what are the advantages and disadvantages of a space  
telescope compared to a ground based telescope?

Thinking about how to present/compare/discuss different ways of  
getting access to information from the universe in an astronomy  
exhibition, I realize that, disregarding specific scientific goals,  
assessment of advantages and disadvantages also depends on a persons  
point of view, not only professional but also philosophical,  
political etc. This seems to be the case especially when human space  
flight is involved.

I am looking foreward to contributions by anyone interested in this  
issue. They will help me figure out if and how I should address this  
question. This is not a systematic survey, though. Just replying this  
e-mail to me is fine.

I suggest six techniques with each three aspects to assess and a  
rating system of 1 - 5 (useless/unimportant/disadvantage - useful/ 
important/advantage).

ground telescopes (such as Keck in Hawaii)
- science
- humanity
- cost

space telescopes (such as Hubble)
- science
- humanity
- cost

space probes (such as Voyager)
- science
- humanity
- cost

robots (such as Mars Rovers)
- science
- humanity
- cost

human space exploration (such as Apollo)
- science
- humanity
- cost

scientific ballooning (such as CREAM)
- science
- humanity
- cost

It would be helpful for me to know your background (lay, astronomer  
in x field, etc.).

Thank you so much.
Cheers,

Hanna

fingertip hands-on stationen
birchlenstrasse 10, ch-8600 dübendorf
+41 43 355 92 70, www.fingertip.ch

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